Welcome to chapter Twelve of this story! I want to thank everyone who reviewed last chapter which is the single longest chapter I have every typed! Over 9000!(Yes I meant to include that) and I loved typing every second of it. Now this mini arc is going to be three parts and after that is the official beginning of Bleach storyline combining with my Story.
Also I've changed it into an angst because there will be some moments that will pull at your hearts and make you cry and there will be a surprise character in here. Trust me when I say that you'll be surprise at who it is.
Disclaimer: As stated before I don't own Bleach nor will I ever will.
Chapter Twelve: As The Years Go By (Part 1)
Ten Years Later
A lot has happened in the ten years after Yoruichi left behind Seireitei and mostly her son. First, the Shihoin clan was facing heavy fire from the Council of 46 since they found out that Yoruichi assisted in the Escape of Kisuke and Tessai and were in danger in not only losing there title of one of the Four Great Noble Clans but also banishment to the World of the Living.
Second, Byakuya's Grandfather, Ginrei Kuchiki, passed away peacefully in his sleep about two years after and third Byakuya proposed to Hisana about a year after that in the Sliver Fox which she happily accepted.
But the biggest change was Toshiro, who did some very surprising things. For one entire week after his Kaa-chan left, he stayed in his room barely eating or drinking and no one able to make him come out. When he finally came out, however, he wasn't the Toshiro everyone once knew.
He went to the Council 46 and stated in an emotionless cold voice that Shihoin Yoruichi was not longer part of the Shihoin Clan and he was taking over as Clan Head. The Council, surprisingly, accepted this statement and decided to drop all charges on the Shihoin Clan. Next, one month after this statement, he took and passed the Captain's Exam with Yamamoto, Kyoraku, and Unohana as his examiners and became captain of not only the Tenth but the Second as well until a suitable captain could be found for the Second.
Of course there was some arguments that a child can't run a division, let alone two but those people were proven wrong when Toshiro ran both Divisions, and the Onmitsukidō, successfully for four years, attending his best friend's wedding as the best man about half a year after Byakuya proposed. It was the first time in a long time that anyone seen him smile, even if it was a small one.
But for three long years, no one had seen that smile again, Toshiro had become a cold and emotionless fighter and seeing that smile was a rare sight to behold.
Of course, running two divisions plus the Onmitsukidō was taking its took on Toshiro.
Second Division. Captain's Room. 7:32 am
Soifon frowned sadly as she stared at her little brother figure who was just finishing the largest stack of paperwork she ever seen. She remembered that he started on that paperwork at 8 which means that he didn't sleep again. Every since he was named Captain of both Divisions, Soifon been helping him out in anyway possible.
Things like doing some of his paperwork, even if he protests against it, bringing him his meals whenever he forgets to eat, and taking him to bed whenever he finally sleeps on his desk.
But she can't help him whenever he works or trains through his birthday to forget that his Kaa-chan found and raised him that day. She can't help him whenever he silently cries himself to sleep. She can't help him forget about the person who raised him from the moment she found him, trained him, and loved him.
The fact that she can't help him makes her heart breaks. She curled her hands into fists when she remembered who made him this way, she swore that she would find Yoruichi and bring her to justice for not only her crimes against the Seireitei but also for what she's done to her little brother figure.
"Lieutenant Soifon," Toshiro voice, cold and emotionless, said breaking her out of her thoughts. "How long are you going to stare at me from that spot?"
She sighed and stepped out of the shadows of her hiding place. Toshiro had gotten very cold toward everyone and wanted them to refer to him as his proper title.
"Sorry Captain Shihoin." He nodded his head and stood up, most likely to go to the Tenth. "I'll be gone for an hour to meet the new recruits for the Tenth, watch over the division until then." She nodded and he took his Captain's Cloack, which held both the Second and Tenth symbols, and left the room.
Before he left, however, she took in the details of his face. The bags under his eyes from lack of sleep, the smiling lines that were beginning to fade away, and the once bright cheerful teal eyes now a cold emotionless color that held nothing.
*BAM*
Her fist hit a wall at the sight of Toshiro like that, all because of his Kaa-chan. 'Yoruichi, if we ever meet again I'll be the one to bring you down.'
Tenth Division
"Hey Toshiro," Toph greeted her friend as he appeared out of Shunpo next to her. "That's Captain Shihoin, Lieutenant Beifong." He said back as she waved him off. "Yeah yeah."
In the ten years that passed, she barely changed besides deciding to wear her hair in a long pony tail now and was the Lieutenant of the Tenth.
Currently the two were in the training grounds were the next recruits are suppose to be. Turning to his friend he said, "Do you this year will hold any potential shinigami?" The last couple years had been a bit disappointing as they haven't gain any interesting recruits. Not only that but some shinigami decided to go rogue and evaded capture ever since.
The blind girl shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe I just hope at least one of them could give me a challenge." The recruits filed onto the grounds and many of them looked at the two kids with puzzled expressions. Toshiro took a step forward and said in a clear voice.
"Attention I am Captain Shihoin Toshiro of both the Tenth and Second and this," He gestured to Toph was raised a hand in response. "is Lieutenant Beifong Toph of the Tenth. Today we'll be determining which seat you will be assign."
Silence...
"HAHAHA!" The entire group burst into laughter and one of them, a tall man with blue eyes and blond hair, stepped toward them wiping the tears of laughter out of his eyes.
"That's very funny, now you two kids should stop playing dress up before the Captain and Lieutenant gets here." He then made the fatal mistake of patting Toph on the head.
*CRACK! BOOM!*
The recruits stared dumbfounded as the man who made that mistake was now underneath some rubble, his left arm broken at a unnatural angle. Toph smirked and turned to the recruits, cracking her knuckles before stomping her foot on the ground. The recruits let out cries of shock and surprise as they found themselves on a raised platform which all of them on one side and Toph on the other.
"Your seat will be determined by how long you last against Lieutenant Beifong." They turned to the side to see Toshiro standing there, not on the platform, with an emotionless gaze. "The longer you last, the higher the seat you'll get. Now begin."
Toph popped her shoulders and neck and said with battle smirk on her face. "Okay who's my first victim." The recruits looked at each other before pushing out one unlucky person from out the group.
That person was quickly sent flying by a fist made of earth that connected with his stomach.
With a certain Recruit in the Tenth
A new recruit of the Tenth ran around within the Division, looking for the training ground where they were suppose to meet the Captain and Lieutenant. This recruit had long and wavy blond hair, blue eyes, and a rather large chest with her uniform showing a lot of it.
She stopped to catch her breath, leaning against a wall. "Stupid huge chest, its so hard to run with these things." She muttered as she began to run again. She was already late and if she didn't find the training ground soon, she'll miss the entire thing.
If only she could find her around the stupid division!
Suddenly a nearby window was shattered and she stopped to stare at the figure, seeing it to be one of the recruits chosen for the Tenth with a bloody nose and looked out the window to see the last of the recruits getting slaughter by... a little girl?
She climbed through the window, walked behind the girl, and watched as she dust her hands before yelling out, "Hey Toshiro we got a latecomer!" She jumped at that, how did she know that she was here?
"Whats your name?" Another voice from behind made her jump again and spun around to see... a little boy with white hair? She then saw the Captain's Cloak ,straight herself and said.
"Matsumoto Rangiku." The boy stared at her with his cold teal eyes that made shivers run down her spine. "And do you have a good reason for being late?"
"Er..." She rubbed the back of her head, thinking that spending extra time to fix her uniform was a liable excuse when he said. "I'll take your silence as a no but since this is the first day, I'll let it pass for now."
His eyes narrow on her. "But don't let it become a habit." Oh he had no idea on the years to come...
"You will be sparring with Lieutenant Beifong for what seat you'll receive. The longest so far is five seconds." She nodded her head, ran to the other side, and stepped onto the platform while Toph got into her own stance.
Toshiro looked at the two females and yelled, "Begin!" Matsumoto ran forward at Toph but was surprised when she moved her hands, a slab of earth found itself heading toward her.
Only her reflexes saved her as she quickly jumped over it and landed gracefully but she was forced to dodge several dull spikes of earth that appeared wherever she stepped. Running to the lieutenant's side, who didn't turn to face her, she yelled out with her hand pointed at the lieutenant.
"Hadō #31. Shakkahō!"
A ball of red flames shot out of her hand and at Toph who simply raised a wall of earth to block the ball, causing dust to fly. Matsumoto sensed someone behind her and turned only to receive a fist encase in earth to the gut as Toph punched her.
Surprisingly, however, she didn't fly out of the ring and managed to stop herself right before she fell out. 'That is going to leave a bruise.' She thought as Toph stared at her with her blind eyes.
'Wait blind?' She was so surprised by her discovery that she got hit by slanted pillar of earth that slammed into her stomach and sent her flying into a wall.
"Ouch..." Matsumoto said when she found a hand to lift her up and saw that it belong to the Lieutenant. "Nice job, you lasted ten seconds longer than anyone else." She took the hand, noting the strong grip, and was up on her feet staring down at the Captain, who joined them, and Lieutenant.
The captain looked at her. "Impressive you lasted much longer than anyone else and showed some potential." His attention was then turned to Toph. "I think the sixth seat will be the suitable for her." Toph grinned and nodded her head.
"She was distracted at the end thought but I guess I could pound some training into her." Matsumoto gulped, realizing that the Lieutenant had taken a shine to her and if that was good or bad was left to be seen.
"I'll show her around the division since she's not the only not knocked out." Toph said, grabbed one of Matsumoto's hands and led out away. "Come mountain peaks lets go."
'Mountain peaks?' Was Matsumoto's thoughts as she was dragged away, wondering how could she know that.
? POV. Location: 79th West District: Creeping Shadows
I stared at the sleeping figure of my little sister who went to sleep hungry again. I sighed as I stared at what was left of our food, a single apple with some crackers. I stood up, looking at the small hut we're forced to live in to survive.
Walking outside, I made sure to fix the vines that was protecting our home from view and went to the marketplace. Once there, I saw that it was bustling with activity and carefully made my way, avoiding everyone and looking for food left unsupervised.
The marketplace was kept in order, an odd sight for a 79th district but if one looked close, they could could see something out of place.
No children or women were in sight, only adult men were walking around.
I carefully kept out of sight and spotted a cart with fresh fruit unguarded, the owner fighting with a skinny man who was selling only cabbages on his cart. Making my way, I reached my target and carefully took two of each fruit so he wouldn't notice them missing and quickly ran when I saw that he was done arguing the cabbage man.
I ducked into an alley and looked at the bounty of food in my arms. Apples, oranges, pineapples, enough for me and my sister for at least three days if we ration it well. However, I made the mistake of letting down my guard and was catch unaware of the voice behind me saying.
"Hello little girl."
Tenth Division with Toph and Matsumoto
"And here is the barracks, I heard that they look nice." Toph said, waving her hand at said place while Matsumoto walked behind her. The taller woman was trying to bring up the question on how can she see when she was blind. In the past five minutes, she saw Toph greet any members with weird nicknames and knew her way around the division.
"Uh Lieutenant Beifong?" Matsumoto spoke up as Toph sighed. "Don't call me that, just Toph will do. Only Toshiro actually calls me that now."
She nodded her head and asked her question. "How do you see around the division when your..."
"Blind?" She laughed and stomped her feet. "When I'm touching the earth with my feet, I can see vibrations that travel in the ground which is why I never wear socks." It was just then that Matsumoto noticed her bare feet. "I can walk around here because I know my way well enough to memorize everything."
Matsumoto stared at the girl as she ducked under a beam of wood that a couple members were carrying somewhere. "Plus I have a very good sense of hearing so I can tell which direction something or someone is coming from, even if they ain't touching the ground."
She then knocked on a door, which someone responded within said, "Come in." Toph opened the door, revealing the captain's room with Toshiro working on some paperwork behind a desk. Looking up, his eyes narrowed on them. "Lieutenant Beifong, what are you doing in here? I thought I told you to show Matsumoto-san around."
Toph simply laid on the green couch that was in the room as Matsumoto did the same, commenting. "Wow this is soft."
"I did, the only place I didn't show her is here." She waved around the room. "Welcome to the captain's office, the place where its great to nap because we have an AC that never breaks down." She pointed to Toshiro who's left brow twitched at that.
"Lieutenant Beifong, it is disrespectful to refer to me as a air-conditioner." Toph smirked. "Of course, why do you think I do that?" Toshiro sighed as the two females shared a laugh, it was Toph usual routine. She insult him, he gets mad at her, she comes up with a witty retort and he would just go into silence as she laughed. However his friend never took it too far and thought out her insults before she threw them at him.
"So Captain Shihoin is it okay for me to ask some questions about you?" Matsumoto asked as she looked at Toshiro who nodded his head. "Alright then, how is it to be the heir to the Shihoin Clan?"
Toshiro filed out paperwork as he thought of an answer. "Stressful, the elders dislike me because I refuse to give the Clan Head chair to an actual Shihoin Clan member. By default, I also have to be the captain of the Second and Onmitsukidō and run both the Second and Tenth or at least until a suitable captain could be found for the Second."
Matsumoto stared at the boy which, upon closer examination, she saw signs of lack of sleep and a coldness in his eyes. "Uh... not the answer I expected but okay... Is it easy to run two divisions?"
"No." Toshiro answered, still not looking at her and working on that paperwork. "Okay... can I ask for your first name?" This time Toshiro looked up at her and she flinched as his teal eyes met her's.
"Toshiro but you shall not refer to me with that name." A division member placed a cup of tea and he thanked him. "Thank you." He drank it and after a few seconds, he fell face first onto the desk.
"Captain!" Matsumoto yelled as she ran to his side. "Is he okay?"
"He's fine, just finally asleep." She jumped at the sudden voice behind her and turned to see a small woman wearing a full black uniform with a Lieutenant's badge on her left arm. "Nice job Toph and how much did you put in his tea?"
Toph poked her friend on the head, making sure that he was knocked out. "Enough to knock out an elephant and you should thank Unohana. She helped me with the drug." The still unknown woman nodded her head and picked up Toshiro in her arms that Matsumoto couldn't help be notice that he seemed much more relaxed and looked more childlike.
"Later Soifon and make sure that you seal his room so that he doesn't escape again." Soifon nodded her head and disappeared in a Shunpo as Matsumoto turned to Toph.
"Why did you drug him, who was that, and why did she take him?" Toph simply called in several divisions members in who each took a section of paperwork. "If I didn't then he would have worked the entire day again and that was Soifon. She kind of Toshiro's big sister and makes sure that he's sleeps and eats well. By the way, here's your first assignment."
She grabbed the largest stack of paperwork and thrust it into Matsumoto's arms which had to react quickly to make sure it didn't fall.
"Fill out those paperwork, organize them by number, and deliver them to the First." The older woman stared up and down at the paperwork in her arms and saw Toph about to leave the room.
"Wait! Your the lieutenant so why ain't you doing this!" Toph turned around and waved her hand in front of her face. "Hello blind girl here! Now I'm off to kick some eleventh Division members butts." She kicked the door open as Matsumoto cried anime tears at the amount of paperwork she had to do.
? POV
I ran as fast as I could, leaving behind the fruits in that alleyway where that man had nearly gotten me. "She went that way!" I heard the slave searcher yell and increased my speed. As if it wasn't hell enough living in this District, a slave ring was created that took kids and women and either killed or imprison any men that tried to stop them.
Children and women were a rare sight in this district and she and her sister had to be careful or else they could be caught. Of course feeding herself and her sister wasn't easy before and gotten even harder now.
I ducked into an alley and hid in the shadows as several men ran passed me and, once they were gone, I went for my home. It took longer than usual since I had to go at a slower pace but I reached our house, which was buried with vines, bushes, and dirt making it hard to see if you don't know where to look. I went through the hatch in the roof and dropped down, closing it behind me.
My sister was awake and said, "Cla-" I quickly put a hand over her mouth and pulled her close to me as several men ran on our roof. Luckily it was strong enough to hold all of them but it always sent fear into my heart as they ran over our heads.
Soon the sound of running footsteps faded and I let go of my sister's mouth, breathing out a sigh of relief.
However it wasn't over yet as the ceiling above our heads blew apart.
With Toshiro At Shihoin Manor
"Soifon, Yukari I respect the both of you and your abilities but if you don't let me out of my room," Toshiro said calmly and cold, staring at the two that was on the other side of the invisible barrier that kept him in his room. "I will be forced to hurt you."
Toshiro's current situation could be consider comical if it wasn't the serious atmosphere that was in the air. He was trapped in his room wearing a Kido collar so that he couldn't break out which was surrounded by several powerful Kido that kept him in. On the other side was Soifon and Yukari who wore a Lieutenant's badge on her left arm and was standing beside Soifon.
"Sorry Toshiro but you haven't slept in who knows how long." Yukari said before turning to Soifon. "I thought the drug was suppose to make sure that he slept for eight hours?"
The dark hair assassin shrugged her shoulders, his Zanpakuto in her hands. "I guess that he's starting to built an immunity to it now."
"Great so we'll have to ask Unohana to either up the dose or make a new drug." As the two discussed on ways to make him sleep, Toshiro was getting madder by the second at the two and was about to yell at them when a First Division member walked up to the two.
"Excuse me, but the Captain Commander is requesting for Captain Shihoin to meet him at his office for a mission." He turned to Toshiro who nodded and the first division member disappeared in a Shunpo.
Soifon sighed and looked at Yukari. "Alright Yukari, let him go." The Kido Corps Lieutenant nodded her head and placed a hand on the barrier, uttering a few words, and it faded away. Soifon handle back Toshiro his Zanpakuto which he placed on his back and Yukari took off the kido collar.
Looking at the two, he sighed. "Listen if it makes you two feel better I'll sleep once I'm done with my mission." The two smiled and nodded there heads in agreement as Toshiro sighed and disappeared in a Shunpo.
First Division
Yamamoto sat behind his desk, waiting for the youngest captain in history to take the rank of Captain, Shihoin Toshiro. The child showed great power and if he was right, his powers weren't even fully matured yet. However, after his Kaa-chan left Seireitei, that power had been growing at an alarming rate.
Worse of all, he couldn't tell if that was good or bad for the young shinigami.
His door was knocked on and he said, "Come in." The door was opened and the shinigami in question entered his office. The boy looked a little worse for the wear if the bags under his eyes were any sign and Yamamoto reminded himself to order the Shihoin to take a break after this mission was over.
"Sit Captain Shihoin." The boy did as he was told and took a seat on one of the chairs. "I have received a report from one of my members who were sent to find the rogue shinigamis. It read that he had located them in the west 79th division but they had created a slave ring and is unable to get close enough to arrest them."
Toshiro nodded his head. "And I suppose that you want me to go and arrest them?" The Captain Commander nodded his head and handed him a map of said location. He got up and left the room, leaving the Captain Commander alone.
'Heavenly White Angel indeed.' He reached into his desk and pulled out a blood red jewel, staring at it intently. 'Sensei I hope your words about the legend is simply just a legend.'(1)
? POV
"Get up slave!" A bucket of cold water woke me up and I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was in a cage. Looking around I wondered for a second on how'd I get here when I remembered. The ceiling of our home blew apart and someone managed to knock out both of us.
I looked at the cuffs that were on my wrists and saw my sister who had the same cuffs on her as well. I fought back the tears that wanted to surface as I gently woke her up.
'Years we're been living together and now we might get split up.' My sister slowly got up, looking at our cage with a fearful stare and I hugged her to my side. "Its going to be alright."
A complete lie and I knew it but I felt my words comfort her as she relaxed slightly. Looking pass our bars, I saw that we were heading toward the abandon barn which is now the slave house with a stone wall built around it. Surrounding the cage was several men on horses beside the cage and two horses in front pulling the cage.
"We got two new ones!" One of the men riding yelled at a guard who was on the gate and opened the gate. Once inside, the cage door was opened and a large man climbed in. "Come on you two, out." He reached for me and I responded by biting his hand.
"Ouch! The little bitch bit me!" He slapped me with the back of his hand and I fell to the ground, forcing back the tears of pain and turned around to see the man about to kick me.
Suddenly the air around everyone grew heavy and a voice yelled, "Hey don't damaged the slaves. We don't get as much as we usually do if they have bruises on them!" Looking to my right, I saw the leader, a tall man with brown hair and onyx color eyes walked up to the cage and, quick as a flash, grabbed me by the neck.
"Listen here pinkie," He said, slowly choking me. "You can either live as a slave or die as one either way I don't care. However, I promise you that if you cause anymore trouble, your little sister will be the one who pays. Got it?"
I nodded and he let go. "Good." He looked at the man still in the cage. "Bring them to the back of the stage, they could start out tonight's auction."
With Toshiro. Nighttime
The white hair boy appeared in the 79th District with an emotionless look on his face. It took him a full day and half a night of travelling to reach here as soon as possible.
"Captain Shihoin?" Turning to his left, he saw a First Division member run up to him. "Ah it is you come, we can speak in the hideout." A few minutes later, Toshiro found himself in a bar with drunken men yelling loudly and too drunk to notice him. Pushing him into a room behind the bar, the young captain saw several more shinigami of the First gather around a table. One of them looked up and said.
"The Captain of the Second and Tenth is here." The men quickly went into a salute and Toshiro nodded back at him and sat at the table. "I guess that you have already found where they are keeping the slaves?"
One of them nodded. "Yes sir, its a abandon barn but the rogue shinigamis have built a stone wall around it and, while it poses no actual threat against us, it is heavily guarded all day and night so its impossible to get in without being noticed. They also outnumber us ten to one so we can't risk a direct assault."
"So captain we should we do?" Toshiro stared at the map with an emotionless look before saying. "They have guards posted at all sides, correct?"
"Yes."
"So we'll go the only way they won't be looking. Straight up."
? POV
I was awoken harshly by the pounding of my cage. "All slaves! Wake up for the auction!" All around me was children and women of all ages, all in cages. My sister was in the cage next to mine.
"You," I looked at the voice and saw the same man from yesterday who threaten my sister. "out. Your starting today's auction." I glared at him but obeyed and walked out of the cage, him placing cuffs on my hands once I did. He led me to some huge curtains and I looked back at my sister, mouthing the words.
"Stay strong." She nodded, tears in her eyes as I looked forward, about to go through the curtains.
Once pass them, I was on a stage with rows of rich people, all of them looking to buy a slave. The man walked forward and address the crowd.
"Hello everyone! Today we have a great selection of slaves for you to choose from and we'll start with this one." He reached behind and grabbed my chin. "A pretty young girl who will no doubt grow up to become a beautiful women. Price starts at 50 Kan!"
"60 Kan!" One yelled from the back.
"90 Kan!" This one from the right side.
"130 Kan!" Middle.
"170 Kan!" Upper left.
"500 Kan!" Silence after that and the man spoke up. "Once, twice, sold for 500 Kan. Will the buyer come up to take the key for his slave." The buyer did come up, revealing himself to be a fat middle age bald man. He grinned down at me and I wanted nothing more than to punch him.
"What's her name?" He asked and the seller was about to open his mouth when I opened mine first.
"Lightning. My name is Lightning."
Suddenly, as if my name posses some sort of power, a bolt of blue lightning came from above, destroying the roof and several figures landed within the barn. One of whom landed right on the stage.
The person, surprisingly a boy about my age with snow white hair, teals eyes, and handsome features that was only highlighted by the full moon's light casting down on him. Then he spoke with words as powerful and clear as a storm.
"I am Captain Shihoin of the Second and Tenth Divisions and all rogue shinigami here are to be arrested by order of the Council of 46."
Toshiro
For a second, there was nothing but silence only to be broken off by a loud cry of pain. Looking slightly back, he saw that a pink hair girl stomped on the foot of the rogue shinigami holding her before quickly grabbing a key out of his hands and running away.
The rogue shinigami then quickly yelled. "Kill them!"
Fighting erupt, rogue shinigami against the First Division Shinigami but the outcome would be obvious, The first division shinigami would lose if the other non shinigami came in soon to help out. Toshiro easily dodged a overhead swing from an enemy shinigami before quickly knocking him out with a punch to the forehead that sent him flying.
He then ducked under a swipe at his head, jumped, and kicked the face of the attacker, sending him into a group of enemies running toward him. Toshiro drew his blade, blocking a sword from the right looking at the owner's blade, not at all surprise who it belong to.
"Hello Hiroto Daiki." The man growled at him and tried to overpower the captain but it was fruitless as he was easily pushed back into the curtains and he followed him.
Looking around, he felt disgusted at the amount of slaves there were, about several dozens, and that they were mostly young children or women. He stared at Hiroto who was getting up.
"Your a disgusting excuse for a shinigami Hiroto." The man got to his feet. "Fuck you!" He charged, blade at his side and ready to swing while Toshiro simply stood still. As he passed, the white hair boy swung his blade so fast that no one saw it move from his side.
Hiroto stopped and turned around, ready for another attack but suddenly a large gash appeared on his chest, blooding bursting out of it and he fell, passing out from the sheer pain. Toshiro then placed his sword back on his back and looked at the people in cages, most of who were looking at him with fear.
One, however, was trying to open a cage to another pink hair girl, younger and mostly the other's sister, and he walked up to him.
The younger one saw him and said, "Clare." The older looking pink hair, Clare he guessed as she turned to him, a small knife in her now free hands most likely from someone battling beyond the curtains.
Looking at her, Toshiro could tell that this girl was a fighter by the way she held herself and he said, "I'm here to help."
Lightning's POV
I thought that I've seen the strongest but I was wrong when I saw this boy defeat him with a single strike. Nothing here could compare to his power, even the entire District came to fight him I doubt that they'll be able to hurt him.
I stepped aside and he walked up to the cage and pulled it open with one hand, the lock breaking easily. Serah quickly hugged me and I returned it but before I could speak to the boy, another one of those black robes figures came from the curtains holding his wounded side.
"Captain Shihoin the other men outside had joined the battle and we're being overwhelmed."
The boy, Captain Shihoin, nodded his head and went through the curtains. For the next second the air turned cold and became so heavy with power that me and my sister almost fell to the ground if it didn't lift the next second after.
I regain my balance and walked through the curtains, my sister holding my hand, and openly stared at the scene that greeted me. Dozens of men laid on the ground, unconscious, while the black robes men went around collecting certain men from the ground and throwing them over their shoulders.
"You all should be fine now." Me and my sister jumped at the sound and turned to our right to see Captain Shihoin standing there, looking at the scene with an emotionless stare. "This slave ring was created by our rogue men but without them it'll most likely crumble."
He called to one of the men. "Once all the rogue shinigami are collected, free those people in the back." The men shouted okay and he started to walk away.
"Wait!" I yelled and, releasing my sister's hand, I ran up to him both of us at eye level. "I want to follow you." I heard my sister say Clare but I focused on Captain Shihoin.
"Why?" I looked back at my sister before turning to him. "So I could get stronger to protect my sister, Serah."
Normal POV
Toshiro stared into Clare's aqua color eyes and saw the same determination in often saw in Toph and Yukari. He knew that this girl had a noticeable amount of power and he knew, with training, that will only grow.
"Very well," He said as Clare's eyes lit up. "Bring your sister as well, my home is big enough for both of you." She nodded and called Serah over and followed Toshiro outside. He then spoke to one of the First Division members. "Will you be able to handle this yourselves?"
The man nodded his head. "Yes Captain Shihoin." Toshiro then turned to the two sisters, holding out a hand to Clare. "First off my name is Captain Shihoin Toshiro of the Second and Tenth."
"My name is Clare Farron but just call me Lightning and this is Serah." She said taking his hand but surprise that he didn't let go. "We'll need to maintain contact with each other otherwise the trip would be longer than it would normally take."
Lightning understood his words and took Serah's hand in her own. "Now don't let go of each other or of me." Suddenly the world turned into a blur.
Much Later
When Soifon would see Toshiro again, she didn't expect to find him on the front porch of his manor, asleep with a pink hair girl about his age sleeping with her head on his shoulder while a younger pink hair girl slept on the girl's lap.
Surprising but unbelievably cute to her so she took a couple pictures before waking them up, enjoying how Toshiro and the girl's face lit up red when she did.
Yup that girl is Lightning from Final Fantasy 13. I've been playing the game at my friend's house and I love it especially Lightning despite her being kinda of a *put in cuss word here* in the beginning.
Well that's all for now I hope that you enjoyed it and I'll see you next time!